Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers

[Benjamin Gaignard]

If it is ok for you I will add "id" parameter in mfd driver and
forward it to the sub-devices drivers
to be able to distinguish the hardware blocks


2016-11-22 18:18 GMT+01:00 Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
>
>> [snip]
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer5"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer6"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer7"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer8"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer9"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer10"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer11"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer12"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer13"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer14"
>> >
>> > We can't do this. This is a binding for a driver, not for the hardware.
>> >
>>
>> Unfortunately each instance for the hardware IP have little
>> differences like which triggers they could accept or size of the
>> counter register,
>> and I doesn't have value inside the hardware to distinguish them so
>> the only way I found is to use compatible.
>
> Can't you represent these as properties?
>
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